Car



April 26, 1927.

, 1,626,010 J. o. NEIKIRK CAR 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed April 5, 1924Mail?" Jolzzz Q/Vahr April 5 1927' J. o. NElKlRK CAR Filed April 5, 19242 Sheets-Sheet 2 mliiil.

hey???- JE/z/z @Nahf,

m ,flm O l ma. /w/o cars as at present known and used;

Patented Apr. 26, 1927.

nmran stares r... weenie PATENT QFEICE.

JOHN O. NEI'KIRK, OF LOMBARD, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO NATIONAL DUMP CARCOM- PA'NY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CQBPOBATION OF MAINE.

GAR.

Application filed Aprils,

The present invention relates to cars, and more particularly to a.structural member havingincreased strength which may be so placed in thecar as to increase the carrying capacity of the car and greatlyfacilitate the discharge of dumpable material when used in connectionwith dumpingcars.

Referring tov the drawings- Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of anend portion of a car embodying the principles of the present invention;

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the construction illustrated in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken along a plane indicated by the arrows33 of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a fragmentary view, on an enlarged scale, of the structureshown in Figure 2;

Figure 5 is a fragmentary view showing a view in side elevation on anenlarged scale, said view corresponding to Figure 1;

Figure 6 is a view in end elevation of the structure shown in Figures 4and 5;

Figure 7 illustrates a detail of construction;

Figure 8 is a sectional view of a stake such asv is commonly provided inrailway and Figures 9 and 10 illustrate in section two forms. of stakewhich provide decided improvements over the structure of Figure 8.

In the present embodiment of my invention I have illustrated a dumpingcar, al-

though it will be understood that the new structural member is adaptedfor use in other types of cars as well.

The numeral 10 indicates one of the side walls of a railway carembodying the principles of the present invention. In the illustratedembodiment the walls l0-1O are vertical. The numeral 1-1 indicates asloping end wall which slopes from a region adjacent to the end of thecar at the top of said car to a region adjacent to certain dumpingmechanism indicated by the numeral 12. It will be understood that thetwo ends of the car may be substantially alike, so that a description ofone end will suffice for a description of both ends of the car. Thesidewalls 10l0 may be united tothe. sloping end wall 11 by means ofsloping walls 13-13, said vertical walls 10.-l0 and sloping walls 11 and1313 1924. Serial No 703,904

forming shedding walls whereby lading will be directed toward thedumping mechanism 12.

The numerals 1t-1 i indicate vertical stakes, which may be riveted tothe side walls 1010. The numerals 15-15 indicate top chords which extendlongitudinally of the car and are riveted or otherwise secured to thevertical side walls l010. In railway cars as commonly known and used,the stakes and chords have been provided exteriorly of the side walls,whereby the overall dimensions transversely of the car were defined notby the side walls but by said stakes and chords. According to thepresent invention, the stakes lk-ld and chords 1515 are disposedinteriorly of the walls 1010. By reason of this construction, the walls10-1O may be disposed at such a distance apart that the distance betweenthe outer side of said walls is substantially the maximum dimensionpermitted by the railway regulations for the overall transversedimension of the car. By reason of this construction, therefore, theamount of lading which may be carried is materially increased over carsas now commonly used. The numeral 16 indicates a heap of lading carriedby the car, which heap, it will be noted, is bounded at the sides of thecar by planes spaced apart a distance equal to substantially the overallwidth of said car.

It will be noted that the chords 15 and the stakes 14 are angular incross section, the end of the legs being pressed outwardly to formflanges 17 lying in the same plane. 1. form this member by pressing anangular rolled section into the form desired. This results in a section.which has a fillet at the angle thus forming a member which has itsgreatest strength at the desired point. It will be noted that in usingthis member as a top chord, I place it with the flanges 17 in a verticalplane, these flanges being riveted to the car sides, the convex surfaceof the angle being inwardly disposed so as to form the upper surface ofsaid chord, both the upper and lower surfaces of the angle extending tothe car side. It will be thus seen that in loading the car, the load inthe body of the car is contained in the maximum width. of the car up tothe lower surface of the chord and is heaped above the body of the carto the full width of the car and resting on the upper surface of thechord. By

reason of the inclination of this upper surface the load supportedthereon is readily discharged from a dumping car. It will be furtherseen that by reason of the section as applied to the inside stakes, thelegs of the angle converge in the direction of the discharge of the loadso that there is no tendency for the load to be retarded in itsdischarge from a dumping car. These particular advantages of facility inunloading are, of course. additional to the strengthening of thesemembers when used in any type of car. In ordinary practice the stake isformed as shown in Figure 8, by pressing a plate into the form hereshown. This operation results in a thinning of the material at the anglethus weakening the member at that point.

As indicated in Figures 1 and 3, the stakes 14c-1 l are extendedupwardly a sufficient distance to overlie the adjacent flange 17 of thecorresponding top chord 15, said stakes 14, top chord 15 and thecorresponding wall 10 being riveted together to form a rigid structure.

In order to provide a connecting means between the top chords 1515 andthe ends of the car, the present invention contemplates certainconnecling means illustrated in Figure 7. Said connecting means, whichis indicated by the numeral 18, is provided with an angular portion 19adapted to overlie the chord 15 upon which it is mounted. Integrallyconnected to the portion 19 is the angular portion 20, which, as will beexplained hereinafter, should be of sufficient size interiorly thereofto permit a hand held on a bar disposed substantially within theoutlines of sait angular portion 20. Integrally united to the portion 20is the plate 21, which may be riveted to the end portion of the car. Itwill be understood that the portion 19 and portion 20 of the member 18may be riveted to the corresponding side wall 10 whereby to provide arigid struc ture which will effectually shed lading interiorly of thecar.

By reason of the structure illustrated and described, a hand rail 22 maybe provided at the top of the car disposed in a position such that saidhand rail, though occupying a minimum of space transversely of the car,may be readily grasped by an operator. Th side wall 10 adjacent theretois cut away to permit access to the concave side of the angular portion.20. Said hand rail 22 is bent at the region 23 intermediate of itslength and has its two ends riveted to the car body near the topthereof, as indicated by the numerals 24L-2 t It will be noted from aninspection of Figure 5 that that portion of the hand rail which extendsalong the side of the car is disposed in a position symmetrical with theangular portion 20 of the connecting member 18. By

reason of this construction the hand rail 22 may be readily grasped byan operator, even though said hand rail extends only slightly beyond theplane of the outer side of the adjacent wall 10. V

1 ttention is directed to the improved form of stake provided by thepresent invention.

the stake is materially weakened. Accord' ing to the present invention,the weakening immediately above referred to is obviated. Referring toFigure 9, an angle, indicated by the numeral 29, is provided. Said angleis swedged at the edges thereof to provide the flanges 17-17. By reasonof this method of manufacture, no weakening of the stake is involved.According to the structure illustrated in Figure 10 a structural shapeis provided having the flanges 17-47, the side walls 27-27, and areinforced crest which is indicated by the numeral 28. By reason of saidreinforced crest. a stake is provided having all the rigidity requiredin practice.

Though a preferred embodiment of the present invention has beenillustrated and described. it will be understood that many modificationswill occur to those skilled in the art. It is intended to coverall suchmodifications that fall within the scope of the appended claims.

V fhat is claimed is:

1. A railway car for carrying lading, comprising a side wall, a topchord arranged adjacent to the top of said wall, said top chordcomprising an angular member arranged along the top of said wall withthe apex of said angular member facing interiorly of said car, an endportion for said car, a member for joining said top chord to said endportion, said member having an angular portion conforming to said topchord and having an angular portion. the concave side of which facesoutwardly of said car, and a hand rail located adjacent to saidoutwardly facing angular portion whereby said hand rail may beconveniently grasped by an operator, said member being united to saidend portion.

2. A railway car for carrying lading,

comprising a side wall, an end portion, a

top chord, a member joined to said end portion for forming a smoothjoint with said top chord, said top chord comprising an angular membermounted interiorly of said n-, said member having an angular portionconforming'to said top chord and having an angular portion the concaveside of which faces outwardly of said car, and a hand rail mountedadjacent to said outwardly facing angular portion whereby said hand railmay be conveniently grasped.

3. A railway car for carrying lading, comprising a side wall, a stakeand a top chord mounted upon said side wall interiorly of said car, saidstake and chord comprising angular members said angular members 4. Arailway car having a top chord of 15 angular cross section, said topchord having its concave side outwardly disposed and a ladder roundopposlte the concave side of said angular to Signed at Chicago,Illinois, this 31st day 2 of March, 1924.

chord.

JOHN O. NEIKIRK.

